Beating Sun

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Beating Sun
Directed byPhilippe Petit
Screenplay byPhilippe Petit
Marcia Romano
Produced byFrédéric Dubreuil
StarringSwann Arlaud
Sarah Adler
CinematographyPierre-Hubert Martin
Edited byValentin Feron
Music byAndy Cartwright
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
CountryFrance

Beating Sun (French: Tant que le soleil frappe, lit.'As long as the sun beats down') is a 2022 French drama film co-written and directed by Philippe Petit and starring Swann Arlaud and Sarah Adler. It premiered at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

  • Swann Arlaud as Max Laborit
  • Sarah Adler as Alma
  • Grégoire Oestermann as Paul Moudenc
  • Pascal Rénéric as Gaspard
  • Lee Fortuné-Petit as Margot
  • Djibril Cissé as himself
  • Marc Robert as Tom
  • Philippe Petit as Seb

Release

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The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, in the International Critics' Week sidebar.[1][2][3] It was released in French cinemas on 8 February 2023.[4][5]

Reception

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Screen International critic Jonathan Holland described the film as "a thought-provoking feature debut plays like a less-shouty Ken Loach, presenting its big ideas on a small canvas, remaining low-key rather than bombastic, and keeping a careful eye on the truthfulness of its characters so that it never feels like agitprop."[6] According to Fabien Lemercier from Cineuropa, the film is "a very engaging first feature film" that "offers both a portrait of an outsider that is touching in his obstinacy at the crossroads of an existence [...] and a fundamental reflection on urban landscapes".[2]

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